It's weird to see a trailer for a film that feels like it has to throw out a recap definition of the Weather Underground, that group of radical leftists who in the early '70s embraced violent tactics (riots, bomb attacks on banks and government buildings) in order to protest government actions and argue for revolution.…
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Sadly, this one is for US residents only, because it uses a Hulu embed. Eventually I imagine this will end up on YouTube, but for now everyone outside the States will have to be patient. One of Steven Soderbergh's last films (he's planning to retire after shooting two more, The Side Effects and Behind the…
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Robert Redford's directorial effort The Company You Keep already boasts a top-notch cast, with Julie Christie, Susan Sarandon, Nick Nolte, Brit Marling, Shia LaBeouf, Stanley Tucci, Richard Jenkins, Stephen Root, and Redford himself all signed on. But apparently,there's still room on the roster for more impressive talent. Anna Kendrick, Terrence Howard, Brendan Gleeson, and Sam Elliott have…
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Last summer we saw the first trailer for Steven Soderbergh's B-movie action experiment in which MMA star Gina Carano beats the hell out of an big-name cast that includes Channing Tatum, Ewan McGregor, Antonio Banderas, Bill Paxton, Michael Douglas and Michael Fassbender. The action looks fantastic and there's a definite appeal to seeing this cast…
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We've got a diverse set of projects on which to report in this latest casting break: a political prestige project, a more routine-sounding thriller, and a dark comedy with quite a good pedigree. After the break, you'll find: Brit Marling seems to have settled on Robert Redford's The Company You Keep as her next big…
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Lots of casting news has been flying about for the past few days, and in the wake of Comic Con we're still catching up on a few things. In this particular casting break you'll find: Nick Nolte will lend his wonderfully grizzled talent to Robert Redford's new film. A Stargate SG-1 actor gets a role…
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There have been a few possible Robert Redford projects spoken of in the past year, but now he's set to direct The Company You Keep, a new political thriller written by Lem Dobbs (The Limey, Haywire). Shia LaBeouf will co-star opposite Redford, who hasn't had a screen role since his own 2007 film Lions For…
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Would it be so bad if the first official image from all of our most anticipated films for the next year involved a prominent cast member firing a rifle with some massive muzzle flash, would it? We saw an image like this featuring Bruce Willis from Looper, and now here's the first official still from…
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Steven Soderbergh has two big pictures coming down the pipe for 2011: Contagion, which he recently finished shooting, and Haywire, the thriller in which MMA fighter Gina Carano makes her big acting debut as a double-crossed black ops soldier who is out for revenge. We haven't seen very much at all from Haywire, despite the…
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Here's a brief update on Steven Soderbergh's upcoming spy/fight film Knockout, which has been the subject of several casting breaks over the past week. The latest (and last?) major cast member to sign on is Michael Angarano. Gina Carano plays an operative for a private military contractor who is betrayed by one of her teammates.…
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When Steven Soderbergh announced that he would direct a spy/action film starring MMA fighter Gina Carano written by his The Limey screenwriter Lem Dobbs, the reaction was positive. Now that the name supporting cast is being revealed, I'm curious to hear what people have to say. Personally, each news item has elevated my interest. There…
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You might have read about Steven Soderbergh making an action thriller with MMA fighter Gina Carano and been interested, but perhaps not actually excited. That's about where I was, though the involvement of his screenwriter from The Limey, Lem Dobbs, was definitely a point in the movie's favor. But with Soderbergh describing the movie as…
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The mixed martial arts fighter Gina Carano is to make her big screen starring debut in Steven Soderbergh's Knockout, a spy drama he's comparing to James Bond but also sounds to me a little like Luc Besson's Nikita. Described by producer Ryan Kavanaugh as "mainstream action film with universal appeal for a reasonable budget" this…
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